The Sustained Two-Shot

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Every Frame a Painting (Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou)

 

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What do you do when you’ve got two actors, a bunch of dialogue, and only enough time to get one camera angle? Consider one of the oldest tools in the filmmaking toolbox: the sustained two-shot. Part of a limited series of new video essays.

 

To read more about the two-shot, from the late David Bordwell: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/201…

 

Written by Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou

Edited & Narrated by Tony Zhou

Music by Sean William

BTS footage filmed by Julie Ng